Leaf water relations during summer water deficit: Differential responses in turgor maintenance and variation in leaf structure among different plant communities in south-western Australia

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1791-1802

  Mitchell, Patrick J ^a   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a   Lambers, Hans ^a   Burgess, Stephen S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elastic adjustment; Mediterranean plant communities; Osmotic adjustment; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

WATER;

LEAF AREA; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUMMER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 55949124758     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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